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Basin hospitals honored by state association
MOSES LAKE — Four local hospitals were awarded the Achievement of Quality Excellence by the Washington State Hospi…
Pandemic turns summer into European tourism's leanest season
BRUGES, Belgium (AP) — Bruges mayor Dirk De fauw first realized something was desperately wrong with European tourism when on a brisk March morning he crossed the Burg square in front of the Gothic city hall and th…
Recent data show Chinese fishing fleet still near Galapagos
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Satellite data indicate that a large Chinese fishing fleet remained in international waters near Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago at the beginning of this month, even as China said it would tempor…
Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft as winner of disputed JEDI deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Friday reaffirmed Microsoft as winner of a cloud computing contract potentially worth $10 billion, although the start of work is delayed by a legal battle over rival Amazon's claim…
Thanks, but no: Small businesses shun payroll tax deferral
NEW YORK (AP) — As employees of small businesses get their first September paychecks, they’re probably receiving their usual amount — company owners are still withholding money for Social Security despite a preside…
Fireworks factory blaze kills 7 in southern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — A blaze erupted at a fireworks factory in southern India on Friday, killing six workers and the owner, all women, and injuring another two.
US paper says reporter was held in China's Inner Mongolia
BEIJING (AP) — An American newspaper says one of its journalists was detained and then expelled from China’s Inner Mongolia region while covering tensions over a new policy that reduces the use of the Mongolian lan…
Madrid struggles as center of pandemic's 2nd wave in Europe
MADRID (AP) — A mix of worry and resignation is discernible behind the masks of parents picking up school textbooks in a working class Spanish neighborhood with a steady rise in new coronavirus infections.
Online bans fail to silence US extremists drawn to protests
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — After Wisconsin protests over
Asia Today: Melbourne lockdown to stay; 8 charged for rally
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The premier of Australia's Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country's second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least Oct. 26.
The Latest: Nevada reports 390 new virus cases, 13 deaths
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada health officials on Saturday reported 390 additional COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths, bringing the statewide totals to 71,102 confirmed cases and 1,388 deaths.
Asian shares follow Wall Street lower as investors pull back
Asian markets skidded Friday after Wall Street had its worst day since June, as investors’ exuberance faltered after a spate of record highs.
Construction starts on Britain's high-speed rail project
LONDON (AP) — Construction formally began Friday on Britain's 106 billion-pound ($140 billion) high-speed railway project, aiming to forge better connections between cities for decades to come.
US judge OKs extradition of 2 accused of helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape Japan; State Department to decide
BOSTON (AP) — US judge OKs extradition of 2 accused of helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape Japan; State Department to decide.
Facebook blocks ailing man's planned end-of-life broadcasts
LE PECQ, France (AP) — Facebook on Saturday blocked live broadcasts from a chronically ill bed-ridden man who appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for a medically-assisted death and who wanted to show what …
China's Xi promises more market opening at trade fair
BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping pledged to open China’s service industries wider to foreign competitors as its first in-person trade fair since the coronavirus outbreak opened under intensive anti-disease contr…